Valhalla's Characters Were Set Up In Vikings S6 (Has It Changed History?)
The History Channel's historical epic television series Vikings was successful enough to spawn the upcoming spinoff series Vikings: Valhalla; however, two of Vallhalla's leads were set up during season 6 of Vikings, which causes some issues with the timeline. The History Channel started to surprise its viewers in the early 2010s when the network started airing brutal scripted historical epics. Leading away from listening to decorated historians describing the tumultuous events of the ancient world, audiences actually got to see the action for themselves. However, this necessarily led to some surprising deviations from history, even within the established narrative of the show.
With Vikings: Valhalla's cast of characters revealed, many are scouring the list of character names to see if any are related to some of the Vikings favorites, like Largertha (Katheryn Winnick) or Bjorn Ragnarson (Alexander Ludwig). Vikings was inspired by the sagas of legendary Norse hero Ragnar Lothbrok and the conquest of Anglo-Saxon England and West Francia. The Netflix spinoff series begins when tensions come to a head between the Norse and English leaders over clashing religious beliefs. Valhalla is set to follow the renowned Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett) and his sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson) as they bring about the final glories of the Viking age. Vikings: Valhalla is set 100 years after the events of Vikings, which could mark a big problem in regards to the historical timeline.
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The real-life history behind Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla begins in the 11th century with Erik the Red's children (Leif and Freydís) in the lead, but Vikings introduced their own version of Erik the Red
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